Legislation, Policies, and Procedures in Health and Social Care

UNIT HSC
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Define the legislation amid policies, legislature and procedure.......................................4
1.2 Summarize legislation in relation to health and social care.............................................6
1.3 Analyse how legislation informs policies and procedures within health and social care 7
2.1 Explain reasons for professional standards and code of practice in health and social care
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2.2 Summarize requirements of professional standards and codes of practice......................9
3.1 Explain the functions of national and local healthcare provisions.................................10
3.2 Describes the factors national and local health care service delivery............................10
4.1 Explain the roles and responsibilities of health and social care practitioners................11
4.2 Describe different working relationships in health and social care settings..................12
4.3 Explain the need for healthcare practitioner to adhere to boundaries of their own job role.
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CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
The well-being and care industry is complicated and is regulated by various legislations
and policies because it is associated with social development and welfare (Sahoo and Bhatia,
2018). This report looks at the relationship between legislation policy and procedure of well-
being and care and summarizes the vital legislations related with health and social care.
Professional practice standards along with factors which impact national and local healthcare
delivery are described in this report. Tasks and accountabilities and relationships of employees
in healthcare and welfare industry are provided in this report . In addition to this the report also
covers the reason for adhering to boundaries of job rules in context of healthcare services.
MAIN BODY
1.1 Define the legislation amid policies, legislature and procedure
The definition of legislature is the laws and rules developed by the government which are
implemented in context of healthcare and welfare businesses and professionals in their governing
region. A policy is defined as a guiding principle used to set direction in a health and health care
organization to achieve specific goals (Aagaard, 2020). The definition of a procedural act in
healthcare includes the activities that healthcare or social care professionals need to accomplish
for enforcement of specific legislature or course of action. The difference between policy
legislation and procedure in context of the health and social care sector is defined below:
Legislation Policy Procedure
Accountability The government has
the accountability of
enforcing social and
healthcare legislation
effectively. the
accountability of
successfully enforcing
policies is given to
specific government
authorities public
sector agencies or
. In United Kingdom this
includes National Health
Service, Public health
England or any other
organization working in
the healthcare social care
sector developing specific
policy to improve
healthcare and welfare
policies
Particular procedures
related to healthcare or
welfare area is
completed under the
accountability of
immediate manger
supervising the
implementation of policy
such as health care
practitioner or social
worker.
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